Husvik, South Georgia

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Husvik, South Georgia

Feb/Mar 1998

Husvik whaling station, South Georgia as it stood in 1988, with seals in the foreground. Husvik was one of six whaling stations that operated from South Georgia. During the late 1950s pet food companies became interested in trying to use whale meat in their cat and dog foods. Tønsbergs Hvalfangeri, who ran a whaling station at Husvik on South Georgia, were persuaded to put up a plant for the venture. The pet food venture was not an economic success. By that time whales had long been over-hunted in and around Antarctica, and they had moved too far away from South Georgia. Few were brought in that could give the quality of meat needed.

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